0M0001_Novel Writers

1. H.G. Wells

Writer, born in Bromley, Kent. He was apprenticed to a draper, tried teaching, studied biology in London, then made his mark in journalism and literature. He played a vital part in disseminating the progressive ideas which characterized the first part of the 20th-c. He achieved fame with scientific...

14 -> (1895) The Time Machine (1895) The Wonderful Visit (1896) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1897) The Invisible Man (1898) The War of the Worlds (1899) When the Sleeper Wakes (1901) The First Men in the Moon (1904) The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth (1910) The History of Mr. Polly (1914) The World Set Free (1919) The Undying Fire (1923) Men Like Gods (1933) Things to Come (1937) Star Begotten

2. Stephen King

Writer | Maximum Overdrive

Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...

13 -> (1977) Rage (1979) The Long Walk (1982) The Gunslinger (1983) Cycle of the Werewolf (1983) Pet Sematary (1987) The Eyes of the Dragon (1991) Needful Things (1994) Insomnia (1996) Desperation (1996) The Green Mile (1999) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (2005) The Colorado Kid (2011) 11/22/63

3. John Grisham

Writer | Runaway Jury

A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, John Grisham obtained his law degree in 1981 and practiced law for about 10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1983 and served until...

26 -> (1989) A Time to Kill (1991) The Firm (1992) The Pelican Brief (1993) The Client (1994) The Chamber (1995) The Rainmaker (1996) The Runaway Jury (1997) The Partner (1998) The Street Lawyer (1999) The Testament (2000) The Brethren (2001) A Painted House (2002) Skipping Christmas (2002) The Summons (2003) The King of Torts (2004) Bleachers (2004) The Last Juror (2005) The Broker (2006) The Innocent Man (2007) Playing for Pizza (2008) The Appeal (2009) The Associate (2010) The Confession (2011) The Litigators (2012) Calico Joe (2012) The Racketeer

4. Harold Robbins

Writer | The Adventurers

Harold Robbins summed up his career best in a 1971 ITV documentary: "I'm the world's best writer--there's nothing more to say". This phenomenally successful author--over 750,000,000 copies of his books were sold worldwide, and most were adapted successfully for the screen. At fifteen, he left home ...

22 -> (1948) Never Love a Stranger (1949) The Dream Merchants (1953) Never Leave Me (1955) 79 Park Avenue (1960) Stiletto (1961) The Carpetbaggers (1962) Where Love Has Gone (1966) The Adventurers (1969) The Inheritors (1971) The Betsy (1974) The Pirate (1976) The Lonely Lady (1978) Dreams Die First (1979) Memories of Another Day (1981) Goodbye Janette (1982) Spellbinder (1984) Descent from Xanadu (1985) The Storyteller (1991) The Piranhas (1995) The Raiders (1996) The Stallion (1997) Tycoon

5. Michael Ende

Writer | The Neverending Story

Born 1929 in Germany as son of a surrealist painter who was banned by the Nazis in 1936. Went to Waldorf-school and deserted when he was called to the army at age of 16 in 1945. After the war he became an actor, critic and finally writer. His first big success was the children's book "Jim Knopf und...

6 -> (1960) Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (1962) Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 (1973) Momo (1979) Die unendliche Geschichte (1984) Der Spiegel im Spiegel (1989) Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch

6. Sidney Sheldon

Writer | Easter Parade

Sheldon was born in Chicago on February 17, 1917. He began writing as a youngster and at the age of ten he made his first sale of a poem for $10. During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs and while attending Northwestern University he contributed short plays to drama groups.

At seventeen...

24 -> (1970) The Naked Face (1973) The Other Side of Midnight (1976) A Stranger in the Mirror (1978) Bloodline (1980) Rage of Angels (1982) Master of the Game (1983) The Chase (1985) If Tomorrow Comes (1987) Windmills of the Gods (1988) The Sands of Time (1990) Memories of Midnight (1991) The Doomsday Conspiracy (1992) The Stars Shine Down (1994) Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) Morning, Noon and Night (1997) The Best Laid Plans (1997) Ghost Story (1997) The Dictator (1997) The Money Tree (1997) The Strangler (1997) The Twelve Commandments (1998) Tell Me Your Dreams (2000) The Sky Is Falling (2004) Are You Afraid of the Dark?

7. Jules Verne

Writer | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was one of the most famous French novelists of all time. His major work is the "Extraordinary Journeys", a series of more than sixty adventure novels including "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in 80 Days", "20.000 Leagues under the Seas" and "...

3 -> (1864) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1872) Around the World in Eighty Days (1892) Carpathian Castle

8. John Steinbeck

Writer | Lifeboat

John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 ...

5 -> (1937) Of Mice and Men (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1945) Cannery Row (1952) East of Eden (1954) Sweet Thursday

9. Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer | Muppet Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer from Edinburgh. His most popular works include the pirate-themed adventure novel "Treasure Island" (1883), the poetry collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" (1885), the Gothic horror novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr ...

3 -> (1880) The Pavillon on the Links (1883) Treasure Island (1886) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

10. A.J. Cronin

Writer | Kala Pani

British novelist A.J. Cronin was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1896. In 1914 he entered Glasgow University to study medicine, but his studies were interrupted by World War I, in which he served in the British Navy as a surgeon sublieutenant. He received his M.B. and Ch.B. in 1919, and took a...

6 -> (1933) Kaleidoscope in "K" (1937) The Citadel (1946) The Adventures of a Black Bag (1950) The Spanish Gardener (1959) The Native Doctor (1971) Enchanted Snow

11. Charles Dickens

Writer | Great Expectations

Charles Dickens' father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office, and because of this the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, Chatham. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn't earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start ...

7 -> (1838) Oliver Twist (1843) A Christmas Carol (1844) The Chimes (1845) The Cricket on the Hearth (1846) The Battle of Life (1848) The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1862) Eines Reisenden Gepäck

12. Howard Fast

Writer | Spartacus

Howard Fast was born on November 11, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Spartacus (1960), The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974) and Mirage (1965). He was married to Mercedes O'Connor and Bette Cohen. He died on March 12, 2003 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

2 -> (1951) Spartacus (1984) The Outsider

13. Agatha Christie

Writer | Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie

Agatha was born as "Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller" in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. Agatha was of American and British descent, her father being American and her mother British. Her father was a relatively affluent stockbroker. Agatha received home education from early childhood ...

5 -> (1933) Lord Edgware Dies (1934) Murder on the Orient Express (1941) Evil Under the Sun (1941) N or M? (1942) The Body in the Library

14. Hermann Hesse

Soundtrack | The Hours

Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877 in Calw, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Hours (2002), Siddhartha (1972) and Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003). He was married to Ninon Ausländer, Ruth Wenger and Maria Bernoulli. He died on August 9, 1962 in Montagnola, ...

7 -> (1904) Peter Carmenzind (1906) Unterm Rad (1914) Roßhalde (1919) Demian (1922) Siddhartha (1927) Der Steppenwolf (1930) Narziss und Goldmund

15. Denis Diderot

Writer | Immagini di un convento

One of the most prominent French philosophes and the author of "L'Encyclopédie", Diderot was born in 1713, the son of a cutler. An ardent student of classical literature, he attended the University of Paris, from which he received a master of the arts degree in 1732. A radical freethinker, Diderot ...

2 -> (1748) The Indiscreet Jewels (1796) The Nun

16. Daniel Defoe

Writer | Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Born the eldest son and third child of James and Mary Defoe, Defoe received a very good education, as his father intended him to become a Presbyterian minister, but he chose to become a merchant instead. In 1684 he joined the army of the rebel Duke of Monmouth, but when the rebellion failed, Defoe ...

5 -> (1719) Robinson Crusoe (1719) The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1722) A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) Moll Flanders (1724) Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

17. Guy de Maupassant

Writer | La criada de la granja

Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850 in Château de Miromesnil, France. He was a writer, known for La criada de la granja (1953), Pierre & Jeanne and Black Sabbath (1963). He died on July 6, 1893 in Paris, France.

4 -> (1884) Yvette (1886) Les Cousines de la colonelle, par Madame la Vicomtesse de Coeur-Brulant (1888) Pierre et Jean (1889) Fort comme la mort

18. E.T.A. Hoffmann

Writer | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

E.T.A. Hoffmann was born on the 24th of January 1776 in Königsberg (now Russia) as the son of a lawyer. After his father's death he has a very bad childhood ending when he went to university to study law between 1792-95. He managed to get into the bureaucratic services of the state Prussia, but was...

8 -> (1815) Schwester Monika (1816) Die Elixiere des Teufels (1819) Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) Der goldne Topf (1819) Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober (1820) Prinzessin Brambilla (1821) Lebensansichten des Katers Murr (1822) Meister Floh

19. Pearl S. Buck

Writer | The Big Wave

Daughter of Christian missionaries, Pearl Buck was reared and educated in China. She received her university education in America but returned to China in the mid-1910s. She became a university instructor and writer, eventually authoring novels about China, some of which were turned into Hollywood ...

1 -> (1934) The Mother

20. Davis Grubb

Writer | The Night of the Hunter

Novelist and short-story writer Davis Grubb was a descendant of one of the oldest, most prominent families in the Moundsville, West Virginia, area. He mined the area's history for some of his works, including his award-winning first novel "The Night of the Hunter", based on a thief who romanced, ...

1 -> (1953) The Night of the Hunter

21. John D. MacDonald

Writer | Cape Fear

John Dann MacDonald was born on July 24, 1916, in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He served in the OSS in the far east during World War Two. While still in the military, he wrote a short story and mailed it home to his wife, simply for her entertainment. Unknown to him, she submitted it to the magazine "...

1 -> (1957) The Executioners

22. Louis L'Amour

Writer | Hondo

Louis L'Amour was born on March 22, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. He was a writer, known for Hondo (1953), East of Sumatra (1953) and Apache Territory (1958). He was married to Kathy Adams. He died on June 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

3 -> (1953) Hondo (1965) The Sackett Brand (1974) The Californios

24. Rolf Kalmuczak

Writer | Cliff Dexter

Rolf Kalmuczak was born on April 17, 1938 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Die Journalistin (1970) and Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964). He died on March 10, 2007 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

30 -> (1979) Die Jagd nach den Millionendieben (1979) Das leere Grab im Moor (1979) Das Paket mit dem Totenkopf (1980) Rätsel um die alte Villa (1981) Ufos in Bad Finkenstein (1982) Der Schatz in der Drachenhöhle (1982) Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Vase (1984) Das Geiseldrama (1984) Die Entführung in der Mondscheingasse (1985) Die weiße Schmuggleryacht (1985) Gefangen in der Schreckenskammer (1985) Anschlag auf den Silberpfeil (1986) Schüsse aus der Rosenhecke (1987) Bombe an Bord (1987) Gangster auf der Gartenparty (1993) Kampf um das Zauberschwert Drachenauge (1997) Mörderspiel im Burghotel (1998) Die Sekte Satans (1998) Klassenfahrt zur Hexenburg (1999) Frische Spur nach siebzig Jahren (2000) Ein cooler Typ aus der Hölle (2000) Der Mörder aus einer anderen Zeit (2000) Vergebliche Suche nach Gaby (2001) Die gefährliche Zeugin verschwindet (2002) Der Meisterdieb und seine Feinde (2003) Raubzug mit dem Bumerang (2003) Draculas Erben (2003) Todesbiss der schwarzen Mamba (2006) Es geschah in einer Regennacht (2007) Das Geheimnis der Burgruine

25. Mary Shelley

Writer | Young Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her...

2 -> (1818) Frankenstein (1826) The Last Man

26. Bram Stoker

Writer | Dracula

Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1847, and gained fame for his novel "Dracula" about an aristocratic vampire in Transylvania. The sequel, "Dracula's Guest," was not published for 17 years after the publication of "Dracula," two years after Stoker's death. Stoker also wrote "The Mystery ...

4 -> (1897) Dracula (1903) The Jewel of Seven Stars (1909) The Lady of the Shroud (1911) The Lair of the White Worm

27. Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer | Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer of Irish descent, considered a major figure in crime fiction. His most famous series of works consisted of the "Sherlock Holmes" stories (1887-1927), consisting of four novels and 56 short stories. His other notable series were the "Professor Challenger" ...

5 -> (1887) A Study in Scarlet (1890) The Sign of the Four (1902) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1912) The Lost World (1915) The Valley of Fear

28. Horace Walpole

Writer | Post Tenebras Lux

Horace Walpole was born on September 24, 1717 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Post Tenebras Lux (2017) and The Castle of Otranto (1977). He died on March 2, 1797 in London, England, UK.

1 -> (1764) The Castle of Otranto

29. Horace McCoy

Writer | Speed Wings

Horace McCoy was born on April 14, 1897 in Pegram, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Speed Wings (1934), The Lusty Men (1952) and Dangerous Mission (1954). He died on December 16, 1955 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

3 -> (1935) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1937) No Pockets in a Shroud (1959) Corruption City

30. John Dickson Carr

Writer | The Man with a Cloak

John Dickson Carr was born on November 30, 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man with a Cloak (1951), Dangerous Crossing (1953) and The Burning Court (1962). He was married to Clarice Cleaves. He died on February 27, 1977 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

14 -> (1931) Castle Skull (1933) Hag’s Nook (1933) The Mad Hatter Mystery (1935) The Hollow Man (1935) The Red Widow Murders (1936) The Arabian Nights Murder (1938) Death in Five Boxes (1938) The Crooked Hinge (1938) To Wake the Dead (1941) The Case of the Constant Suicides (1942) The Emperor’s Snuff-Box (1943) She Died A Lady (1951) The Devil in Velvet (1959) Scandal at High Chimneys

31. Chingiz Aitmatov

Writer | Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

Chingiz Aitmatov was a Russian-Kyrgyz writer and statesman known for such films as The First Teacher (1965), Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977) and Jamila (1995).

He was born Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov on December 12, 1928, in Kirgizia, Soviet Union. His family was bilingual, Russian-Kyrgyz. His ...

2 -> (1958) Jamilia (1962) The First Teacher

32. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

Writer | Violanta

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer was born on October 11, 1825 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for Violanta (1977), Gustav Adolfs Page (1960) and Der Schuß von der Kanzel (1942). He was married to Johanna Louise Ziegler. He died on November 28, 1898 in Kilchberg, Kanton Zürich, ...

7 -> (1873) The Amulet (1876) Jürg Jenatsch (1879) The Saint (1884) The Wedding of the Monk (1885) The Judge (1887) The Temptation of Pescara (1891) Angela Borgia

33. Gustav Meyrink

Writer | Der Mann auf der Flasche

Gustav Meyrink was born on January 19, 1868 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Der Mann auf der Flasche (1920), Der Schwarze Meister (1919) and Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (1920). He was married to Philomene Bernt and Hedwig Aloysia Certl. He died on December ...

3 -> (1915) The Golem (1916) The Green Face (1917) Walpurgis Night

34. Theodor Fontane

Writer | Wildes Blut

Theodor Fontane was born on the 30th of December 1819 in Neuruppin (Germany) near Berlin, the son of a drugstore-owner. After learning pharmacy and working in a drugstore he quit his job to become a freelance journalist in Berlin. He was able to finance his living costs with this job, was later ...

3 -> (1880) Woman Taken in Adultery (1882) A Man of Honor (1888) Stine

35. Voltaire

Writer | Prostodushnyy

Future proponent for victims of injustice and tyranny during the years prior to the French Revolution, Voltaire (born François Marie Arouet on November 21, 1694 in Paris) was educated in Paris by the Jesuits. For a time he studied law, then decided to become a writer. Witty, thought-provoking and ...

5 -> (1747) Zadig or Destiny (1755) La Pucelle d'Orleans (1759) Candide or Optimism (1767) The Huron or Pupil of Nature (1768) The Princess of Babylon

36. Jostein Gaarder

Writer | Appelsinpiken

Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo, Norway in 1952. His parents' occupations presaged his own interests in teaching and writing -- his father was a headmaster and his mother a teacher and author of children's books. Gaarder attended the Oslo Katerdralskole and the University of Oslo, where he studied...

11 -> (1988) The Frog Castle (1990) The Solitaire Mystery (1991) Sophie's World (1992) The Christmas Mystery (1993) Through a Glass, Darkly (1996) That Same Flower (1999) Maya (2001) The Ringmaster's Daughter (2003) The Orange Girl (2008) The Castle in the Pyrenees (2013) Anna. A fable about the earth's climate and environment

37. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Soundtrack | Valkyrie

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany as son of a lawyer. After growing up in a privileged upper middle class family, he studied law in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768, although he was more interested in literature. As he was seriously ill, he had to interrupt ...

3 -> (1774) The Sorrows of Young Werther (1794) Reineke Fuchs (1809) Elective Affinities

38. Selma Lagerlöf

Writer | Körkarlen

Lagerlöf made her debut in 1891 with The Gösta Berling saga, a story about her own region, Värmland and her home, the country manor Mårbacka. With her novel she starts the wave of romantic nationalist literature in Sweden of the 1890s. Her novel Jerusalem (1901-02) is about religious emigrants from...

1 -> (1907) The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

39. Waldemar Bonsels

Writer | Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer

Waldemar Bonsels was born on February 21, 1881 in Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (1926), Maya (1975) and Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (2018). He was married to Rose-Marie Bachofen, Klara Brandenburg and Elise ...

1 -> (1912) The Adventures of Maya the Bee

40. Irving Stone

Writer | Lust for Life

Irving Stone was born on July 14, 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Lust for Life (1956), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Magnificent Doll (1946). He was married to Jean Factor and Lona Mosk. He died on August 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

3 -> (1951) The President's Lady (1954) Love is Eternal (1961) The Agony and the Ecstasy

41. Mark Twain

Writer | Big River

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835, grew up in Hannibal. He was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Throughout his career, Twain served as a writer, lecturer, reporter, editor, printer, and prospector. Twain took his pen name from an alert cry used on his...

3 -> (1876) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1884) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1896) Tom Sawyer, Detective

42. Karl May

Writer | Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses

Karl May was born on February 25, 1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920), Caravan of Death (1920) and Durch die Wüste (1936). He was married to Klara Plöhn and Emma Pollmer. He died on March ...

4 -> (1877) Die Gum (1879) Das Kafferngrab (1882) Der Krumir (1891) Der Schatz im Silbersee

43. Raymond Khoury

Writer | Dinotopia

Raymond Khoury is known for Dinotopia (2002), The Last Templar (2009) and MI-5 (2002).

2 -> (2005) The Last Templar (2007) The Sanctuary

44. Rosemary Sutcliff

Writer | The Eagle

Rosemary Sutcliff was born on December 14, 1920 in East Clandon, Surrey, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Eagle (2011), Sword of the Valiant (1984) and Ghost Story (1974). She died on July 23, 1992 in Arundel, Sussex, England, UK.

3 -> (1950) The Chronicles of Robin Hood (1979) The Light Beyond the Forest (1981) The Sword and the Circle

45. Jeffrey Archer

Writer | Kane & Abel

Jeffrey Archer has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 275 million copies in 100 countries and more than 50 languages, and more than 500,000 5* reviews.

His books have been #1 in 17 countries (US (New York Times), UK (Sunday Times) Germany (Der Spiegel), Australia, South...

5 -> (1976) Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1979) Kane and Abel (1982) The Prodigal Daughter (1986) A Matter of Honour (1998) The Eleventh Commandment

46. Arthur Hailey

Writer | Zero Hour!

Born April 5, 1920 in Luton, England, Arthur Hailey decided to become a full-time author in 1956 following the success of his original television drama Encounter: Flight Into Danger (1956). For the next few years, he wrote teleplays for such legendary dramatic series as Playhouse 90 (1956), Kraft ...

2 -> (1984) Strong Medicine (1997) Detective

47. Astrid Lindgren

Writer | Ronja Rövardotter

Grew up in Småland outside Vimmerby in the south of Sweden. Her first book came out in 1944, and she made a breakthrough the following year with the stories about Pippi Longstocking. Countless stories about Pippi and other characters of Astrid's imagination and excellent story telling ability were ...

3 -> (1945) Pippi Longstocking (1946) Pippi Goes On Board (1948) Pippi in the South Seas

48. Dan Brown

Writer | Inferno

Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Inferno (2016), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009). He was previously married to Blythe Newlon.

4 -> (2000) Angels & Demons (2003) The Da Vinci Code (2009) The Lost Symbol (2013) Inferno

49. Howard Pyle

Writer | The Black Shield of Falworth

Howard Pyle was born on April 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer, known for The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), World Fairy Tale (1994) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (2018). He died on November 9, 1911 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

1 -> (1883) The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

50. Albert Schweitzer

Soundtrack | Lourdes

Albert Schweitzer was born on January 14, 1875, in Kaysersberg, near Strasbourg, Elsass-Lothringen, Germany (now in Alsace, France). His father and both grandfathers were pastors and organists. His family had been devoted to education, religion and music for generations.

Schweitzer took music ...

1 -> (1921) On the Edge of the Primeval Forest

51. Marvin H. Albert

Writer | The Don Is Dead

Marvin H. Albert was born on January 22, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Don Is Dead (1973), Duel at Diablo (1966) and A Twist of Sand (1968). He died on March 24, 1996 in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

1 -> (1959 - Novel about the Movie) Pillow Talk

52. Emmanuelle Arsan

Writer | Laure

Emmanuelle Arsan was born on January 19, 1932 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was a writer and actress, known for Laure (1976), The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Emmanuelle (1974). She was married to Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane. She died on June 12, 2005 in Chantelouve, Callas, Var, France.

9 -> (1967) Emmanuelle Livre 1 – La leçon d'homme (1968) Emmanuelle Livre 2 – L'anti-vierge (1969) Emmanuelle Livre 3 – Nouvelles de l'érosphère (1974) Emmanuelle Livre 4 – L'hypothèse d'Eros (1975) Emmanuelle Livre 5 – Les enfants d'Emmanuelle (1976) Laure (1988) Les soleils d'Emmanuelle (1991) Chargée de mission (1994) Aurélie

53. Helen Cresswell

Writer | The Demon Headmaster

Helen Cresswell was born on June 11, 1934 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Demon Headmaster (1996), Moondial (1988) and The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987). She was married to Brian Rowe. She died on September 26, 2005 in Eakring, ...

1 -> (1984) The Secret World of Polly Flint

54. John Cleland

Writer | Fanny Hill

John Cleland was born in 1710 in England. He was a writer, known for Fanny Hill (1983), Fanny Hill (1968) and Fanny Hill (1995). He died in 1789 in England.

1 -> (1748) Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

55. Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne

Writer | Jours de France

Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne was born on November 23, 1734 in Sacy, Yonne, France. He was a writer, known for 4 Days in France (2016), The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales (1986) and The Pleasure (1985). He died on February 3, 1806 in Paris, France.

1 -> (1798) Anti-Justine

56. Claude-Prosper de Jolyot Crebillon

Writer | The Night and the Moment

Claude-Prosper de Jolyot Crebillon is known for The Night and the Moment (1994), Television Theater (1953) and Blúznenie srdca a rozumu (1997).

1 -> (1742) Le Sopha

57. Alfred de Musset

Soundtrack | Maytime

Alfred de Musset was a french romantic poet and dramatist. His autobiographical novel "The Confession of a Child of the Century" and his play "Lorenzaccio" are his most famous works. He is also known for his love affair with George Sand which considerably influenced his texts. He was elected to the...

1 -> (1833) Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess

58. Robert Arthur

Writer | Dark Destiny

Robert Arthur was born on November 10, 1909 in Corregidor, Philippines. He was a writer and producer, known for Dark Destiny (1952), Historias para no dormir (1966) and Suspense (1949). He was married to Joan Vaczek and Susan Smith Cleveland. He died on May 2, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...

8 -> (1964) The Secret of Terror Castle (1964) The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (1965) The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (1965) The Mystery of the Green Ghost (1966) The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure (1966) The Secret of Skeleton Island (1967) The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (1967) The Mystery of the Silver Spider

59. Edgar Wallace

Writer | King Kong

Edgar Wallace was born on April 1, 1875 in Greenwich, London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for King Kong (2005), King Kong (1933) and King Kong (1976). He was married to Ethel Violet King and Ivy Maude Caldecott. He died on February 10, 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.

6 -> (1923) The Green Archer (1925) The Gaunt Stranger (1925) The Fellowship of the Frog (1926) The Door With Seven Locks (1926) The Terrible People (1927) The Hand of Power

60. Roy Huggins

Writer | The Fugitive

Roy Huggins was born on July 18, 1914 in Litelle, Washington, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Fugitive (1993), City of Angels (1976) and U.S. Marshals (1998). He was married to Adele Mara and Bonnie Marie Porter. He died on April 3, 2002 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

1 -> (1946) The Double Take

61. Pascal Lainé

Writer | Tendres cousines

Pascal Lainé is known for Tender Cousins (1980), The Lacemaker (1977) and Le jardin des supplices (1976).

1 -> (1979) Tender Cousins

62. Rudyard Kipling

Writer | The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. He was ...

4 -> (1894) Mowgli (1895) Mowgli Returns (1901) Kim (1906) Puck of Pook’s Hill

63. Felix Salten

Writer | Bambi

Felix Salten was born on September 6, 1869 in Pest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Bambi (1942), Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) and Der Narr des Schicksals (1915). He was married to Ottilie Metzl. He died on October 8, 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland.

2 -> (1906) Josefine Mutzenbacher (1923) Bambi

64. J.M. Barrie

Writer | Peter Pan

James Matthew "J. M." Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He had a distinguished career, but is primarily remembered for creating Peter Pan and his supporting characters. He used the character of Pan in the novel "The Little White Bird" (1902), the stage play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who ...

1 -> (1911) Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

65. Jerome K. Jerome

Writer | The Passing of the Third Floor Back

Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, in 1859, son of an unsuccessful ironmonger. Raised in London, and educated at Marylebone Grammar School. Started work as railway clerk at fourteen, and later worked as schoolmaster, actor and journalist. Two volumes of humorous essays preceded "Three Men In A Boat" (...

1 -> (1889) Three Men in a Boat

66. Marquis de Sade

Writer | Sinfonía erótica

Born a rich nobleman, Marquis being his title rather than his birth name, De Sade gradually became a decadent libertine among the French society of Louis XVI. A liberally educated iconoclast, he wrote prose and verse, and specialized in testing the limits of decency, breaking tabboos and shocking ...

2 -> (1785) The 120 Days of Sodom (1795) Philosophy in the Bedroom

67. Cornelia Funke

Writer | Inkheart

Cornelia Funke was born at Dorsten, Westphalia. She started as a book illustrator but then decided to write her own stories. She has written over forty scripts and books. Her most famous books include "Thief Lord", "Inkheart" and "Dragon Rider", all of these are New York Times bestselling books. ...

5 -> (1993) Die wilden Hühner (1996) Die wilden Hühner: Auf Klassenfahrt (1998) Die wilden Hühner: Fuchsalarm (2000) Die wilden Hühner: Das Glück der Erde (2003) Die wilden Hühner: Die Liebe

68. Adelbert von Chamisso

Soundtrack | Valborgsmässoafton

Adelbert von Chamisso was born on January 30, 1781 in France. She was a writer, known for Walpurgis Night (1935), Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960) and Your Favorite Story (1953). She died on August 21, 1838 in Berlin, Germany.

1 -> (1814) Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story

69. Patricia Highsmith

Writer | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith was born on January 19, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was a writer, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Strangers on a Train (1951) and The Two Faces of January (2014). She died on February 4, 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland.

2 -> (1952) Carol (1977) Edith's Diary

70. Ingrid Noll

Writer | Kalt ist der Abendhauch

Ingrid Noll was born on September 29, 1935 in Shanghai, China. She is a writer, known for Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000), Méi you bié de ài and The Pharmacist (1997). She has been married to Peter Gullatz since 1959. They have three children.

1 - (1994) Die Apothekerin

71. Georges Simenon

Writer | Maigret tend un piège

Georges Simenon was a Belgian novelist, writing in the French language. He published nearly 500 different novels, and a large number of short stories. He became internationally famous for creating the French police detective Jules Maigret, as the protagonist in a celebrated series of mystery novels...

1 -> (1960) Betty

72. Jacqueline Susann

Actress | Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann was an extraordinarily successful writer who turned her dynamic charm, chutzpah, and personality into a formidable marketing machine. Despite a less than spectacular career as an actress, singer, and playwright, she never lost confidence in herself. Blessed with sensual looks and ...

2 -> (1976) Dolores (1979) Yargo

73. James M. Cain

Writer | Double Indemnity

James M. Cain was a 'Film Noir' author. His father was a professor, and president, of 'Washington College'. His mother was an opera singer in Maryland.

James graduated from the same college in 1910, and became a writer for 'Baltimore American', then 'Baltimore Sun' [still being published] by 1914. ...

1 -> (1934) The Postman Always Rings Twice

74. Robin Cook

Writer | Coma

Robin Cook was born on May 4, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Coma (1978), Invasion (1997) and Sphinx (1981).

2 -> (1979) Sphinx (1987) Outbreak

75. Ira Levin

Writer | Rosemary's Baby

Author, playwright and composer Ira Levin decided on a career of a writer at the age of 15. Educated at the elite Horace Mann school, he went on to two years at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before transferring to New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English. He earned ...

3 -> (1967) Rosemary's Baby (1991) Sliver (1997) Son of Rosemary

76. James Fenimore Cooper

Writer | The Last of the Mohicans

Favorite writer of generations of Americans, Cooper was born on Tuesday, September 15th, 1789, and grew up on his family's huge wooded settlement, in Cooperstown, New York, which his father, William Cooper, a prominent Federalist, had founded before this son's birth. His days as a Yale student were...

2 -> (1826) The Last of the Mohicans (1840) The Pathfinder

77. Pierre Boulle

Writer | The Bridge on the River Kwai

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.

He was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two ...

1 -> (1963) Planet of the Apes

78. Philipp Vandenberg

Self | Wir in Bayern

Philipp Vandenberg was born on September 20, 1941 in Wroclaw, Poland.

11 -> (1973) Der Fluch der Pharaonen (1976) Nofretete, Echnaton und ihre Zeit (1979) Das Geheimnis der Orakel (1984) Die Hetäre (1988) Sixtinische Verschwörung (1990) Das Pharao Komplott (1993) Das fünfte Evangelium (1996) Der Fluch des Kopernikus (2001) Der König von Luxor (2003) Die Akte Golgatha (2006) Das vergessene Pergament

79. Tahar Ben Jelloun

Writer | Il pianto della statua

Tahar Ben Jelloun was born on December 1, 1944 in Fez, Morocco. He is a writer and actor, known for Il pianto della statua (2007), La prière de l'absent (1995) and Notte senza fine (2004).

3 - (1985) The Sand Child (1987) The Sacred Nicht (1990) Silent Day in Tangiers

80. H. Rider Haggard

Writer | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

H. Rider Haggard was born on June 22, 1856 in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, UK. H. Rider was a writer, known for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, King Solomon's Mines (1985) and Allan Quatermain. H. Rider was married to Mariana Louisa Margitson. H. Rider died on May 14, 1925 in London, England...

1 -> (1885) King Solomon’s Mines

81. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Writer | The Pledge

Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born on January 5, 1921 in Konolfingen, Switzerland. He was a writer and director, known for The Pledge (2001), It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) and Suspicion (1957). He was married to Charlotte Kerr and Lotti Geißler. He died on December 14, 1990 in Neuchâtel, ...

6 -> (1951) The Judge and His Hangman (1952) Suspicion (1955) Once a Greek (1956) A Dangerous Game (1958) The Pledge (1989) Durcheinandertal

82. Mika Waltari

Writer | Omena putoaa

Mika Waltari was born on September 19, 1908 in Helsinki, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for The Apple Falls (1952), VMV 6 (1936) and Inspector Palmu's Error (1960). He was married to Marjatta Luukkonen. He died on August 26, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland.

1 -> (1937) A Stranger Came to the Farm

83. Mario Vargas Llosa

Writer | Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He is a writer and director, known for Pantaleon (1976), Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999) and Tune in Tomorrow... (1990). He has been married to Patricia Llosa since 1965. He was previously married to Julia Urquidi.

1 -> (1988) In Praise of the Stepmother

84. Paul Gallico

Writer | The Poseidon Adventure

Sports writer, screenwriter and novelist Paul Gallico was born in 1897 in New York City. His parents were immigrants (father from Italy, mother from Austria) who emigrated to the US in 1895. He was educated in the New York City public school system, and entered Columbia University in 1916, ...

7 -> (1958) Flowers for Mrs. Harris (1959) Too Many Ghosts (1960) Mrs. Harris goes to New York (1962) Scruffy (1965) Mrs. Harris, M.P. (1970) Matilda (1974) Mrs. Harris goes to Moscow

85. Enid Blyton

Writer | The Famous Five

Enid Blyton (11 August 1897 - 28 November 1968) was an English author. She was born in Dulwich, South London, England. She was one of the world's most famous children's writers. She is also one of the most prolific authors of all time. This means that she wrote a great number of books. Her most ...

21 -> (1938) The Secret Island (1940) The Secret of Spiggy Holes (1941) The Twins at St. Clare’s (1942) Five On A Treasure Island (1943) Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) Summer Term At St. Clare’s (1944) The Island of Adventure (1945) Five Go To Smuggler’s Top (1946) The Castle of Adventure (1947) Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947) The Valley of Adventure (1948) The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948) The Sea of Adventure (1949) The Mountain of Adventure (1949) The Rockingdown Mystery (1950) The Ship of Adventure (1952) The Circus of Adventure (1953) Five Go Down To The Sea (1955) The River of Adventure (1958) Five Get Into A Fix (1960) Five On Finniston Farm -> (All readings before Bertelsmann 1997)

86. Jonathan Swift

Writer | Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

Swift is ...

1 -> (1726) Gulliver's Travels

87. P.L. Travers

Writer | Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers was born on August 9, 1899 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. She was a writer, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and Studio One (1948). She died on April 23, 1996 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

3 -> (1934) Mary Poppins (1935) Mary Poppins Comes Back (1943) Mary Poppins Opens the Door

88. Frances Hodgson Burnett

Writer | The Secret Garden

Born in Manchester, England on November 24 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in a family of two boys and three girls. After her father's death when she was three years old, the Hodgsdons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on...

1 -> (1911) The Secret Garden

89. Gerald Frow

Writer | 7 of 1

Gerald Frow was a writer, known for 7 of 1 (1973), The Kids from 47A (1973) and Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982). He was married to Sally Miles. He died in December 2005 in the UK.

2 -> (1982) Young Sherlock The Mystery of the Manor House (1984) Young Sherlock The adventure at Ferrymenans Creek

90. Charles Webb

Writer | The Graduate

Charles Webb was born on June 9, 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Graduate (1967), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) and Hope Springs (2003). He was married to Eve "Fred" Rudd and Eve ("Fred") Rudd. He died on June 16, 2020 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, ...

1 -> (1963) The Graduate

91. Leigh Brackett

Writer | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "...

1 -> (1959 - Novel about the Movie) Rio Bravo

92. Gordon D. Shirreffs

Writer | Playhouse 90

Gordon D. Shirreffs was born in 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), I Live for Your Death (1968) and The Lonesome Trail (1955). He died in 1996.

1 -> (1956) Rio Bravo

93. Terry Southern

Writer | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Terry Southern began writing satirical, outrageous fiction at the age of 12, when he took it upon himself to rewrite various Edgar Allan Poe stories "because they didn't go far enough". After serving as a lieutenant in the army in World War II, he began writing short stories in earnest while ...

1 -> (1958) Candy

94. Asta Scheib

Writer | Tatort

Asta Scheib was born on July 27, 1939 in Bergrheinfeld, Germany. She is a writer, known for Tatort (1970), Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) and Fear of Fear (1975).

1 -> (1985) Kinder des Ungehorsams

95. Kathleen McGowan Coppens

In the Name of Love

Kathleen McGowan was born in Hollywood, California into a family with strong television and film ties. Her grandmother was a pioneer in communications at NBC and her mother worked as a publicist. Her own career in entertainment began when she was a union liaison for Universal Studios in the 1980s. ...

3 -> (2006) The Expected One (2009) The Book of Love (2010) The Poet Prince

96. Peter S. Beagle

Writer | The Lord of the Rings

Peter Soyer Beagle was born in 1939 in the Bronx. He is arguably America's greatest living fantasist and has written novels, nonfiction, poetry, opera librettos, songs, and screenplays. He is also a talented guitarist and folk singer. As a child he was a voracious reader and appeared regularly on a...

2 -> (1968) The Last Unicorn (1996) The Unicorn Sonata

97. Paul Willems

Writer | Il pleut dans ma maison

Paul Willems was born on April 4, 1912 in Edegem, Flanders, Belgium. Paul was a writer, known for Il pleut dans ma maison (1969), Of und der Mond (1956) and Das Echo (1963). Paul died on November 29, 1997 in Zoersel, Flanders, Belgium.

1 -> (1949) Chronicle of the Swan

98. Colin Dann

Writer | The Animals of Farthing Wood

Colin Dann was born on March 10, 1943 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. Colin is a writer, known for The Animals of Farthing Wood (1996), The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993) and Journey Home: The Animals of Farthing Wood (1996).

1 -> (1979) The Animals of Farthing Wood

99. Charles Sailor

Writer | Kojak

New York Times Best Selling Author, screenwriter, and actor. Novels: The New York Times Best Seller "The Second Son", which had an unprecedented 1.2 million copy first printing, and his newest novel "The Man Who Rode the Tiger." Charles Sailor is the author of more than forty scripts for television...

1 -> (1979) The Second Son

100. Petronius

Writer | Fellini - Satyricon

Nero had become emperor in 54 A.D., and his interest in theater and luxury led him to appoint a courtier named Petronius (praenomen probably Titus or possibly Gaius) as his Arbiter elegantiae or judge of elegance. Described as a man who "made luxury a fine art" and "who spent his days sleeping and ...

1 -> (-0061) Satyricon